About John F. Eden

I'm a Southerner radicalized by service in Vietnam and work with the Eugene (OR) Council for Human Rights in Latin America in the 80's. I've lived in six states and worked as a carpenter, printer, reporter, writer, and - for 18 years - as a teacher. I teach 9th graders Civics and 12th graders Journalism. My wife is a potter and we have three children, the youngest still living at home. As I approach retirement, I'm looking for more fulfilling ways to be involved in the struggle for a progressive society.
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U.S. State Dept. Steps Up Support of Bolivian Counterdrug Ops, Despite Morales' Rise to Power
Feb 15 2006 - 8:09pm
Rummy's comment
George W. Bush: Another Adoph Hitler?
Feb 8 2006 - 6:40pm
debate
U.S. State Dept. Steps Up Support of Bolivian Counterdrug Ops, Despite Morales' Rise to Power
Jan 29 2006 - 11:58am
Trucks to Bolivia
U.S. State Dept. Steps Up Support of Bolivian Counterdrug Ops, Despite Morales' Rise to Power
Jan 29 2006 - 11:23am
Evo election
Election Day in Bolivia 2005: A View from the Chapare and Cochabamba
Dec 22 2005 - 3:42pm

A New World is Possible: The World Social Forum

Posted by John F. Eden - January 29, 2006 at 10:47 am
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez released another bombshell Friday night. He declared war on “the imperialisms of the world,” in the name of the people of Latin America, Africa and Asia. A “new offensive” he called it. “This century we will bury the North American empire, you can be sure of that,” he proclaimed.
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In Defense of Kevin Benderman

Posted by John F. Eden - February 13, 2005 at 10:36 pm
Forty miles from my home here in south Georgia is a major launching pad for US violence against the world, the Army's Ft. Stewart. Recently, a voice for peace and sanity has cried out in this vast wilderness, the voice of veteran soldier Kevin Benderman.
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The Salvador Option

Posted by John F. Eden - January 12, 2005 at 6:58 pm
The latest Pentagon strategy under consideration, according to Newsweek, for the Iraq debacle has the hairs on the back of my neck rising. They intend to re-create the Salvadoran death squads using Kurdish and Shiite militia to pursue a more "aggressive" approach to quelling the so-called insurgents.

[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek] [Newsweek article on MSNBC]

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